University of Louisville baseball team on a roll heading to postseason

Wrap up Big East with 16th win in row

11:52 PM,
May 18, 2013

Written by

Brett Borden
| Special to The Courier-Journal

The 10th-ranked University of Louisville baseball team was not in a sharing mood Saturday.

The Cardinals' 7-4 victory over No. 16 Pittsburgh in front of 2,637 fans at Jim Patterson Stadium gave them the Big East title outright. They finished 20-4 in the conference, tied a school record by going 46-10 in the regular season and enter the postseason as the nation's hottest team, riding a 16-game winning streak.

"This was a step on the ladder that we wanted to accomplish, so I'm really happy and proud of them right now," coach Dan McDonnell said. "Any time you can be the bully of your own league, as we ...